Huawei eDesigner & SCT Tools

Pre-Sales Training

eDesigner Group

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 Can't finish product evaluation or
product configuration in several hours?
 Can master complicated calculating methods

 Used to looking up massive amounts of data

Can't guarantee
 Have manual computing expertise
the accuracy?
 Familiar with product specifications

 Rely on own experience

Even if we have the skills mentioned

above, we may still have problems.

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Takes only 10 minutes
Just input performance
requirement or device
configuration into eDesigner

• Takes just a few minutes to generate a

final solution
• Designed for Quick learning

•Professionally designed by experts

in relevant fields

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Contents
1.
About the UniSTAR eDesigner
2.
Designing Solutions
3.
Placing Orders, Archiving, & Sharing Solutions

4.
Obtaining Help

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What Is an eDesigner?
eDesigner introduction
eDesigner, an online Huawei solution design tool, is
developed for product managers, channel partners, and
SAs to conduct project expansion and bidding.

Online solutions
1. Storage eDesigner classification:
 Centralized Storage
 Distributed Storage
 Solution
 FusionCube
2. Features:
 Integrated
 Professional
 Flexible
4  Simple
 Application Scenarios
User Roles
Product managers, channel partners, and SAs

Application Scenarios

Market exploitation Project bidding

 Professional platform and fast solution  eDesigner helps create a fast solution design, greatly
generation improve customers' loyalty. improving solution configuration efficiency.

 Customers can design solutions and display  eDesigner automatically generates solution technical
solutions and products, improving customers' proposals and configuration lists, serving as
experiences. comprehensive and useful bidding materials.

 eDesigner connects to the UniSTAR SCT/CFG with a

single click, achieving fast configuration and
generating quick order issuance.

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Accessing eDesigner (1): Navigation Path
Visit http://app.huawei.com/unistar/edesigner. You can also access the eDesigner system using the
following methods.
1 Search for Huawei eDesigner in Baidu or Google 2 Search Huawei’s enterprise official website

Link: https://e.huawei.com/en/partner/partner-zone/tools

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Accessing eDesigner (2): Versions for China and Outside China

After accessing eDesigner, select the country or area where you are located. For the first login, the default
country is China. After you select a country, eDesigner automatically memorizes your selection.
1 Click Region to change your location

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Accessing eDesigner (3): Registered User or a Guest
Registered user: Use all the functions of the eDesigner platform
Guest user: Can only operate the Massive Storage Network Assistant and Unified Storage
Network Assistant tools after logging in to the eDesigner platform

Click Login to log in as a Note:

registered user The eDesigner platform is a free
solution design tool and can be
visited online by Huawei Intranet
users, and all Internet users with
their preferred web browser.

Recommend viewing in 1,440 x

900 resolution
Recommended browsers: Firefox
eDesigner enables more intelligent sales solutions
42.0 and Chrome 44.0, or the latest
versions

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 Applying for Permission
eDesigner and SCT use the same login account and method for obtaining permissions

Huawei-certified partner

Employees of Huawei's channel partner Administrators of Huawei's channel partner

1. Log in to Huawei’s official website and apply for 1. Approve the applications for associating organizations
Uniportal user account. on the UIPM.

2. Use your Uniportal account to log in and apply, so you 2. Submit the applications of applying for eDesigner
can start associating with the Huawei channel partners permissions for the employees on the UIPM platform.
organization at the UIPM platform.

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Contents
1.
About the UniSTAR eDesigner
2.
Designing Solutions
3.
Placing Orders, Archiving, & Sharing Solutions

4.
Obtaining Help

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 Support Solutions
eDesigner supports Enterprise Networking, Intelligent Data & Storage, Intelligent Computing, Enterprise
Wireless product lines. For Intelligent Data & Storage, a total of 23 solutions are released.

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Getting Started

Entry 1

Entry 2

Navigation bar > IT > Intelligent Data & Storage >

Centralized Storage > Storage Configuration Wizard
(OceanStor Dorado V3&V6) > Design Solution

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 Solution Design Process
eDesigner provides wizard-based design steps. You will complete the solution
design in four steps. The following uses the Storage Configuration Wizard
(OceanStor Dorado V3&V6) solution as an example.

01 02 03 04
Design Design Finish Submit
Product Service Design to
Solution Solution SCT

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 Step 1: Enter Requirements Storage Configuration Guide

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You can choose different service types with
your special requirements

Set the parameters based on

user requirements — Basic and
Detailed requirements. Basic
Requirements apply to rapid
designs, and Detailed
Requirements apply to more
professional designs.

Click to view the help

2 description of a parameter

Each application scenario has the

optimal parameter values by default.
You can modify the parameter values.

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Step 2: Configuration Selection (1) Storage Configuration Guide

eDesigner automatically recommends device models

based on the requirements and capacity planning results.
The device models are displayed on the Product
Configuration page. You can modify the device models
eDesigner automatically recommends a product model
according to the requirements on the IOPS and
and related parts in a project to achieve the best
capacity that you have entered. configurations.

You can flexibly set the disk

type, storage pool quantity,
RAID type, disk quantity,
and hot-spare policy.

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 Step 2: Configuration Selection (2) Storage Configuration Guide

Note:
The parameter values are displayed
All specifications of the recommended in blue, or values such as are
device are displayed in this slide. You
can modify the parameter values.
displayed on the parameters to
indicate that the parameter values
are manually modified and are no
longer the default values. Click
Reset to restore the default setting.

You can flexibly set the port

type and port numbers.

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Step 2: Configuration Selection (3) Storage Configuration Guide

eDesigner automatically calculates storage

performance and capacity based on the requirements.
The calculation results are displayed on the Product
Configuration page. You can manually adjust the
capacities and scales based on the actual conditions
so that the solution meets your requirements.

eDesigner calculates the

IOPS/bandwidth based on the
recommended configuration.

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Step 2: Configuration Selection (4) Storage Configuration Guide

eDesigner calculates the

capacities based on the
configuration.

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Step 2: Configuration Selection (5) Storage Configuration Guide

All the software licenses that the

recommend product can support
are listed here, you can choose
Yes or No by special requirements

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Step 3: Service Design (1)

eDesigner also supports service design. On the Basic

Service page, you can choose Installation Service,
Installation Type, Storage Data&Device Retention
Service, and Technical Support Service based on
your needs.

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Step 3: Service Design (2)

On the Professional Services page, you can choose

Traditional DR and Backup Service and Storage-
Data Migration Service based on your needs.

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Step 4: Finish Design (1) Storage Configuration Guide

Upload Case: Back up cases on the local PC.

Archive: Save the solution design result for future use.
Estimate Solution: Estimate the equipment list price and solution list price.
Export Product List: Export an equipment list in Excel file to import to the CFG
for configuration and quotation.
Adjust: Adjust the solution design.
For other solutions like Backup, Active-Active mode including
and :
Submit to SCT: Submit the solution to the SCT for configuration and quotation
and generate a quotation.
Export Proposal: Generate a technical proposal in a Word document.

After design, you can view the design result — the solution topology view and equipment configuration list — to generate a
technical proposal (for some solutions like Backup, Active-Active Mode) and export an equipment list.

Note: After it is designed, the solution exists as a temporary solution. You can archive the solutions for future use.
For details, see Archiving Solutions.

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Step 4: Finish Design (2) Storage Configuration Guide

The Configuration page displays the device models, quantity, and basic configurations. The official materials
on the device are also available.

In the Configuration column, the

first five pieces of configuration
information are displayed. Click
More to view detailed device
configurations.
You can click the product
picture to view the official
materials of a product.

Note: In Active-Active Mode, Active_Passive Mode, you can select Display list price on the Configuration page as
required. After this option is selected, product list prices will be displayed on this page, along with an exported equipment list
and design report.

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Step 4: Finish Design (3) Storage Configuration Guide

Design adjustment
Click Adjust or click a solution design on the toolbar
View of entered requirements (for example, Product Design) to adjust the solution.
On the Product Design page, check previously
entered parameters and determine whether entered
values are correct.

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Step 4: Finish Design (4) Storage Configuration Guide

On the Result Visualization page, you can graphically

view information such as Hot Spare Capacity, Effective
Capacity, and Performance.

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Step 4: Finish Design (5) Storage Configuration Guide

On the Physical Specifications page, you can view information

such as Volume, Weight and Power Consumption.

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Step 4: Finish Design (6) Storage Configuration Guide

On the TCO page, you can view a recommended product

and compare it with others, which can save additional costs.

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 Step 4: Finish Design (6) Storage Configuration Guide

Click Export Product List to generate a

device configuration list in Excel.
The device list includes the
device model, quantity, and
basic configurations. The
entered requirements of the
solution are also available.

Note:
• When you export an equipment list for solution of the China Region, eDesigner displays a message stating that the
solution cannot be connected to the CFG and asking you to select a solution to submit to the SCT. This is because the
product is not available in the CFG.
• On the exported device list, if not-for-quotation products, not-for-sale products, or user-defined equipment are involved,
the devices cannot be imported to the CFG. You can use substitutes, or contact the corresponding Huawei Channel
manager for assistance.
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Step 4: Finish Design (7) Storage Configuration Guide

Click Estimate Solution to estimate the equipment

list price and solution list price.

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Contents
1.
About the UniSTAR eDesigner
2.
Designing Solutions
3.
Placing Orders, Archiving, & Sharing Solutions
4.
Obtaining Help

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Placing an Order: Submitting Solutions to SCT

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When you submit a solution to the SCT, if the
solution is not archived, eDesigner automatically
archives the solution.

eDesigner is interconnected to SCT. You can submit designed solutions to the SCT for
configuration and generate a quotation.

Note:
• In Configuration mode, if not-for-quotation products, not-for-sale products, or user-defined equipment are involved, the
devices cannot be imported to the SCT. You can use substitutes, or contact the corresponding Huawei Channel manager
for assistance.

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Placing an Order: What Is SCT?

• The UniSTAR SCT is a new generation

configuration and quotation tool that adopts
the B/S architecture.
• In the bidding and contract signing stages,
product managers can use the UniSTAR
SCT for performing configuration and
providing quotations. Project data can be
used in manufacturing, shipment, project
preparation, and project implementation
stages until the contract is complete.

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 Placing an Order: SCT Materials

This picture is SCT homepage, you can find the user guide and video at the right corner and click it.

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 Archiving Solutions (1)

The parameters in the Country/Area text box

are entered when a solution is created, and
cannot be modified.

After a solution design is created, it exists as a temporary 3

solution. You can archive the solutions for future use.
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Archiving Solutions (2)
Click My eDesigner to access My Solutions page.
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Before a solution is archived, the solution name

is Draft Solution by default. After archiving, the
name is set to the archived designation.
• You can archive each solution only once. After All archived solutions are
archiving, if you adjust the solution by clicking displayed on My Solutions
Previous or Next to switch pages, the setting on page.
the previous page will automatically be saved.

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 Managing Solutions (1)

Modify basic solution information.

Click the name of a solution and

you can adjust the design.

On My Solutions page you can query, delete, share, and copy solutions, and adjust the design.

Note:
1. The solution cannot be accessed in the current language. (The solutions created in the Chinese system environment cannot be opened in the
English-language system environment, and visa-versa.)
2. If Country/Area of a solution in the English-language system environment is not the current country, you can only view the solution design result,
and estimate the solution.
3. During the process of adjusting the solution, click Previous, Next, or Solution Design on the solution design toolbar. The setting of the previous
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page is automatically saved. During modification, if you switch to another solution or exit eDesigner, the setting on the current page is not saved.
Managing Solutions (2)
Click Move To, and then move
selected solutions to another folder.

Click , and add solutions to

the selected folder.

Note:
• Click and add a new subfolder to the selected folder.

• Click and modify the name of the selected folder.

• Click and delete the selected folder.

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Sharing Solutions (1)
You can share solutions with others.
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Share selected
solutions in batches.

2 Note:
• After the solution is successfully shared,
eDesigner automatically sends an email to the
user, who requests the solution and sends a
copy to the user, who shares the solution.
• Address Book: After sharing a solution, the
email address of the user who wants the solution
is automatically uploaded to the Address Book.
You can click the email to share again.

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Sharing Solutions (2)
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Click My Share to enter the My Share page.

The Shared By Me tab displays the solutions you share with

others. You can also cancel sharing.
The Shared From tab displays the solutions shared by others.

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Click Add to My
Solutions to add
shared solutions to
the My Solutions list.

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Contents
1.
About the UniSTAR eDesigner
2.
Designing Solutions

3.
Placing Orders, Archiving, & Sharing Solutions

4.
Obtaining Help

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Feedback

On any page, Click Feedback to send your

feedback to eDesigner.
To help eDesigner technical personnel reply
in a timely manner, leave your contact
information (email, phone number, or
employee ID).

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Please send an email to:
2 [email protected]

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Help

On any page, click Help to obtain help

resources such as user guides, permission
guide, training guide, and online support.

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